From Right Wing News: Unfortunately, for The Politico and Obama, the attempt by Josh Gerstein to defend The Reluctant President’s South American trip falls flat, as he spends quite a bit of time at the beginning explaining why he should not go, which is what people will remember Some 26 months into Barack Obama’s presidency, Latin [...]

From CNS News: “This will not stand!” declared George H.W. Bush. He was speaking of Saddam Hussein’s invasion, occupation and annexation of the emirate of Kuwait as his “19th province.” Seven months later, the Iraqi army was fleeing up the “Highway of Death” back into a country devastated by five weeks of U.S. bombing. When [...]

From CNS News: Neither the ongoing nuclear emergency in Japan nor the conflict in Libya and looming outside military intervention there will prevent President Obama from embarking on a five-day trip to Latin America on Friday. The three-country visit includes meetings with the leaders of Brazil, Chile and El Salvador, attendance at a business summit [...]

From The Heritage Foundation: The Wall Street Journal wrote Saturday: Whatever else one might say about President Obama’s Libya policy, it has succeeded brilliantly in achieving its oft-stated goal of not leading the world. No one can any longer doubt the U.S. determination not to act before the Italians do, or until the Saudis approve, or [...]

From NewsMax.com: Is a civil war brewing between the Obama White House and Hillary Clinton’s State Department? A New York Times story published this weekend suggests one may have erupted already. On Saturday, the Times, quoting numerous White House sources, sought to explain the Obama administration’s erratic policy statements during the Egyptian crisis. The paper reported [...]

From CNS News: Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Friday that President Barack Obama “basically doesn’t care about” foreign affairs, considering them ancillary to his domestic agenda. He said he thinks Obama’s view of the United States’ role in the world is comparable to that of failed presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. [...]

From The Heritage Foundation: Before the State of the Union address, Heritage Foundation scholars laid out five foreign policy and national security commitmentsthat needed to be in the speech. The President scored about 1 out of 5. The speech did nothing to dispel concerns thatthe Obama Doctrine just does not make the grade. A Commitment to [...]

From NewsMax.com: President Barack Obama’s red-carpet treatment of visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao has failed to sweep away growing alarm over China’s no-holds-barred push for military and economic dominance, with one leading conservative expert charging Wednesday that the president’s over-the-top coddling of the Chinese amounts to “appeasement.” “Cooperation between our countries is good for the [...]

From Telegraph.co.uk: The Obama administration is not known for its pro-British track record, but this is by far the strongest indication yet that the current White House has little regard for the Special Relationship and its unique role in modern American history. During a White House photo-op with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President Obama had [...]

From Telegraph.co.uk: The United States’ president flew 13 hours across the world only to be unable to meet the Afghan president face-to-face on his three hour visit because helicopters were grounded by high winds and low cloud. Mr Obama instead staged a video conference with Mr Karzai just hours after leaked cables suggested American diplomats [...]

From The Heritage Foundation: President Obama’s flying visit to Lisbon this weekend resulted in a mixed bag of results. On a practical level, NATO made big strides in fashioning the transatlantic alliance for the 21st century. On a personal level however, President Obama did not succeed in turning this weekend’s summits into ones that prioritized [...]

From Right Wing News: I’m not sure how this is going to stop the seas from rising and start the healing of the Earth If President Barack Obama is not yet convinced that his international star power has faded, his next round of transatlantic summitry should clear up any lingering doubts. Coming off a marathon [...]

From NewsMax.com: The bizarre U.N. rant alleging a 9/11 conspiracy by Iranian strongman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, delivered from the same podium where President Obama had just hours before extended yet another of olive branch of diplomacy toward the rogue Persian regime, marks the most devastating setback yet in the administration’s campaign of global engagement, foreign-policy experts [...]

From Telegraph.co.uk: The US president had originally been due to visit after a trip to India and Indonesia in March, but his stopover was delayed by domestic debate over the landmark health care bill. A rescheduled visit to Australia in June was also called off after Mr Obama decided to remain in America to deal [...]

From World Net Daily: National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones’ recent statement that President Obama would be prepared to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad if Tehran resumes negotiations over its nuclear enrichment program has fueled speculation that such a meeting could occur late next year just as the U.S. presidential campaign season is to [...]

From NewsMax.com: Saddam Hussein’s leading lieutenant accused the United States of abandoning Iraq and leaving the country to die, according to a British newspaper interview to be published Friday. Tariq Aziz, whose long tenure as Saddam’s foreign minister made him the international face of the Iraqi dictator’s regime, was quoted by The Guardian newspaper a [...]

From Telegraph.co.uk: The provocative proposal came as Iran dealt with a new wave of international sanctions – driven by Washington – aimed at pressuring the Islamic Republic over its nuclear programme. “Toward the end of summer we will hopefully be there for the (UN) General Assembly and I will be ready for one-on-one talks with Mr Obama, [...]

From Intellectual Conservative: The President may think that his single-digit approval ratings in Israel are simply because his middle name is “Hussein,” but he’s wrong. In mid-July, the President gave his first interview with Israel’s Channel 2 news, and he was asked to explain why he thinks he has only a single digit approval rating [...]

From Telegraph.co.uk: Mr Barroso believes that the relationship with the White House and the EU has been affected by disagreements on how to tackle the global economic crisis, as well as climate change and trade reform. In an interview with The Times, Mr Barroso said the US should reach out to Europe, calling on a “mutual” relationship. “The [...]

From Telegraph.co.uk: Barack Obama has warned Israel he will pave the way for an independent Palestinian state if the peace process remains deadlocked until the autumn. The US president is proposing to hand control of the Middle East peace process to the international community unless there is a breakthrough in the next few months, Israeli [...]